Beginning Our Life

Last Time: As a punishment, Puck and Sarah had to stay back from a family trip to the amusement park. They ended up having to take care of Grace and Beth, which was chaos. Puck realized he wants to get full custody of Beth. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.

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Changing Our Family

Sarah's Point of View

I woke to the bedroom door being slammed shut. I sighed while sitting up, last night wasn't as comfortable as I was hoping, but I slept fine. There was a soft rain outside, at least there wasn't a thunderstorm anymore. I threw off the covers and left the room to go see what everyone was doing.

I paused to watch the scene in front of me. Puck was standing at the counter with Grace, helping her mix stuff in the mixer while Beth was sitting in the middle of the floor drinking orange juice from her sippy cup.

"Which one of you woke me up?" I asked as I walked in.

"Beth!" Grace pointed towards her niece.

Puck chuckled, "I'm sorry, I didn't think she was going to slam the door."

"It's ok," I smiled while picking Beth up from the ground, "I needed to wake up."

"Sorry," Beth hugged me.

I hugged her back before adjusting her so she was on my hip, "So, what are you making?"

"Pancakes," Grace answered.

I kissed Puck on the cheek, "Sounds good," Puck smirked and I turned back to Grace, "Is he taking over?"

Grace laughed while Puck pinched my side, "What do you mean?"

I laughed as well, "Just that when it comes to us doing stuff that we're not sure of, you take over."

Puck rolled his eyes, "I'll stop helping if you want egg shells in your pancakes."

"We're done anyways," Grace smiled, "Can I flip them?"

"No," Puck stated.

"I'll do it," I passed Beth to her dad and grabbed the bowl of mix, "Grace, do you wanna set the table?"

"Fine," Grace grumbled and stomped away.

I set up the pan on the stove and waited for it to heat up.

"Hey, I wanted to talk to you about something," Puck whispered in my ear.

I smiled at the shiver his breath sent down my spine and turned around, "Yeah?"

Puck glanced away to watch Grace, "She can't find out, I don't want her hopes to get up."

My eyebrows raised, but I turned back to the the stove and started pouring out the pancakes, "Alright," I whispered, "Just say it fast then."

Puck stepped closer to me, "I think I want to adopt Beth."

I paused halfway through flipping a pancake, "I'm sorry, what?"

"I wanna get custody of Beth," Puck said softly.

I set down the spatula and turned around, "How do you plan on doing that?"

Puck shrugged, "I'll just ask Shelby."

"Puck, you can't just ask Shelby for custody of her daughter," I said gently.

"She's my daughter though, not Shelby's. If Shelby wants a daughter, she should go talk to Rachel," Puck fought.

I bit my lip because in some sense, he was right.

"I thought you'd understand," Puck muttered and walked away to help Grace pour the drinks.

I groaned, this is not how I wanted my morning to start.

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I flipped through the tv channels as I waited for Puck and Grace to come home from dropping off Beth. I don't understand how Puck can think he can just ask Shelby for custody and be given it without second thought. Sure, I love watching Puck and Beth together, but it doesn't seem reasonable that Shelby will give Beth to him. Shelby loves Beth just as much as we do and it pains me that Puck only gets to see Beth some times, but what was done was done and I don't know if Shelby will give her daughter away.

The front door opened and Grace skipped back to her room while Puck came and sat next to me. He automatically wrapped an arm around me and pulled me onto his lap.

"How'd it go?" I asked quietly.

"She was pretty mad," Puck whispered, "I had to send Grace in Beth's room so she wouldn't hear me getting yelled at."

I looked up at him, "Shelby yelled at you?"

Puck nodded, "According to her, I can't just go up and ask her for custody of the daughter I gave up two years ago."

I take back everything I thought five minutes ago. Puck deserved Beth. I could see that now. She really was his and no one could take her away from him, I wouldn't let them.

"I didn't give her up though," Puck continued, "Quinn didn't think she could give Beth the life she needed. She didn't think we would have been good parents. She just took Beth away from me. I wanted her so badly and now when I finally act on it..." he drifted off and stared forward in silence.

"I'll help you get Beth back," I stood and looked down at him, "I swear, I'll help. Come on, let's go look on my laptop for some lawyer or something. There's gotta be a clause in the adoption process where the parent can get their kid back."

"It's no use," Puck muttered.

"Why?" I whispered and sat back down, "Are you not aloud to see Beth anymore?"

Puck shook his head, "I can still see her, but I can't ask her for custody anymore unless I don't want to see her."

"Oh," I looked down at the ground, "Ok."

Puck nodded and his hand rubbed up my back, "It's alright. She said I did good with Beth and could maybe keep her overnight again sometime."

I glanced up and smiled, "That's good."

Puck smiled back, "Yeah."

"What'd she think about taking Beth to the hospital?" I asked.

Puck shrugged, "I don't think she was very happy that I said I was her dad, but she liked that I took care of her."

"You didn't lie," I said softly.

Puck smirked, "I know."

I stood again and put my hand out, "Come on, let's go focus on the baby you can control."

Puck's smile faded just a little, but it quickly returned and he took my hand, "I'll drive."

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I stood next to our cart as Puck grabbed the car seat that was on the top shelf.

"You're sure on this one?" Puck asked while balancing it on his waist.

I nodded, "It's general neutral."

Puck laughed and set the box in our cart, "When will we find out if it's a boy or girl?"

I blushed and stared down at my shoes, "Next week."

Puck stumbled while walking down the aisle way with the cart, "Next week?"

I ran to catch up with him, "Yeah. Did you want to find out?"

"Well, yeah," Puck answered, "I just didn't think it'd be this soon."

"It has been four months," I muttered.

Puck stopped and looked at me, "Something wrong?"

"No," I continued walking, "Wanna buy a bassinet?"

"Why are we getting all this now? Aren't we having a baby shower?" Puck followed me.

"Well, I think so, if someone throws one for me, but they won't buy everything for us," I told him.

"Oh," Puck pushed the cart down the aisle with clothes, "Should we buy a few outfits?"

"What would we get?" I asked, looking at the different blue and pink clothes.

"I don't know, white stuff," Puck picked up a pack of t-shirts.

I laughed, "White stuff? Our kid's gonna look like an old movie."

"No because when we find out next week, we can start getting stuff that is their type," Puck rolled his eyes.

I hugged him tightly, "I love you."

Puck squeezed back and stepped back, "Anything else we should get?"

"I don't know," I muttered, "I'm not really sure what we need to get right now anyways."

"How about," Puck placed the t-shirts back and grabbed my shoulders, "We put this few stuff back and just get them later when we know exactly what we need."

I slowly nodded, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Always am," Puck smirked.

"Wanna get a hot chocolate?" I asked.

Puck laughed, "Sure, whatever you want."

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I stared forward at nothing as I waited for Puck to get my hot chocolate and his coffee. The rain had finally stopped, but it was actually cold for once outside making the small cafe kind of cozy.

There was a scream and the sound of a mug dropping to the ceramic tile. I turned to see a pregnant lady staring at her large stomach in shock.

Her husband ran forward, "What's wrong? Is the baby coming?"

Slowly, the lady nodded before letting out a small whimper, "I'm sorry, I should have told you earlier, but I think I've been feeling small contractions all day. That was my first really painful one."

I glanced behind her to see Puck watching along with everyone else. We made eye contact and his eyes widened before he grabbed our drinks and started hurrying over.

As the man led his wife out of the store, she let out an ear-piercing scream. She sounded like she was in a lot of pain. My breathing quickened and I held onto the table to steady myself while a white hot temperature spread through me.

Puck ran up and set the drinks down before turning my chair and kneeling down in front of me, "Hey, Sarah, look here, look at me, focus on me."

I looked at him and tried to do as he said.

Puck grabbed my hand, "Focus on me," he repeated, "What am I wearing?"

I took in his jean shorts and dark green t-shirt. My mouth gaped as I tried to answer, "Green...jeans..."

"Come on, you can do it," Puck smiled and squeezed my hand, "What am I wearing?"

"Green shirt and shorts," I finally breathed. I noticed I wasn't trying as hard to breathe anymore and I didn't feel as hot.

"Good," Puck slowly stood and put his hand out, "Let's go home."

I glanced at our drinks, "But we didn't drink."

"They're in to-go cups, we'll take them home. Come on," Puck gently grabbed my hand and tugged.

I carefully stood and wavered slightly, it was a little hard to stand. I couldn't really hear as blood pounded in my ears. I tried to focus again on Puck's back as he led me out of the store. Once we hit the cool air, I felt more relaxed and breathing became easier; though Puck had to practically lift me into the truck because I couldn't do it myself.

I was vaguely aware of Puck pulling out of the parking lot and onto the street. Both of us were silent the whole ride home. As we drove up to the house and Puck stopped the car, neither of us moved.

"Are you ok?" Puck finally asked.

I shrugged, "I don't know what happened."

"I think you had some sort of panic attack when that lady went into...," the word froze on his lips and I felt my heart beat quicken. Puck noticed this as well and grabbed my hand, "Hey, shh, just breathe."

"She was hurt. She was in pain. She was screaming. I'm going to die. I can't do this," I muttered quickly.

Puck placed a kiss on my forehead, "You'll be able to do it."

"No," I pulled away, "No."

"Hey, come on, you have until January to prepare yourself, you don't have to be ready now," Puck whispered.

Tears fell from my eyes, "How am I supposed to squeeze a baby out of me?"

Puck lifted up the divider between the seats and slid over. Before I knew it, I was in his arms bawling my eyes out. We stayed like that for a while, it actually started raining again.

Eventually, Puck put a careful hand on my stomach, "I know you don't want to think about it now and I'm going to leave it after this, but just think about it. Everything you're going to go through is going to all be for this amazing little girl...or boy...inside of you. At the end of it, we're going to be parents. You, me, and Baby Girl/Boy Puckerman. A family. We're gonna be a real family."

I sniffled and wiped my nose, "Thanks."

"No problem," Puck kissed me one last time and gave one last hug before sliding back to his seat, "Ready to brave the rain?"

I smiled, "Yes."

"Alright," Puck reached behind his seat and grabbed a tiny umbrella, "This should be big enough for the two of us."

I laughed, "I don't think Grace would even fit under there."

Puck chuckled and popped open his door, "Wait for me."

I laughed as he quickly opened the umbrella and ran around the car.

He threw open my door and helped me out, "We have to run."

I nodded before the two of us ran to the front porch. We were in fits of laughter and drenched in rain by the time we made it.

I was about to open the door when Puck stopped me, "Wait."

"What?" I breathed and looked up at him.

Puck smiled before grabbing my waist and pulling me against him in a soft kiss. I melted on his chest and ran my hands up his arms. Puck stepped back with a wide grin on his face.

"What was that for?" I asked.

Puck shrugged, "I knew you've always wanted to be kissed in the rain."

I blushed, "Well, thank you then."

Puck smiled again and I melted just a little bit more, "You are very welcome." He led the way inside and to the kitchen where he sat at the table.

I sat on his knee and leaned back into his shoulder before quickly sitting up, "We forgot our drinks in the car."

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A/N: So the ending was kind of abrupt and it was late, but what'd you think? I'm sorry about the lateness, I was at band camp and would have much rather had time to write, but I was busy with marching and such. And with the ending, I sort of ran out of ideas and just want to move onto the next chapter; which is a big one. I'm excited and nervous at the same time because I want it to be perfect. I could use some more ideas though for the following chapters. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! Reviews make me smile and I could use some smiles right now!

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raem9898 - Lol, I seem to like girl babies more too, but the other day I saw my cousin's baby boy and he was just so cute, so I decided all babies are adorable. Sorry for the wait!

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Sneak Peak: Sarah squeezed my hand, "We're ready." Dr. Ashton nodded and glanced down at the paper in her hands, "Alright, so are you ready to have a_?"

They finally find out whether or not they're having a boy or girl!